FORMER Cardiff City striker Christian Roberts has urged the Bluebird to "finish the job" after they ended his own play-off dream.

The Cardiff-born forward, who is poised to earn his first Welsh cap against World Cup quarterfinalists USA on Tuesday, scored twice for Bristol City against the Bluebirds in a brace of victories in the league.

But he failed to make an impression during the semi-final play-offs as the Bluebirds booked their trip to the Millennium Stadium.

And he will be getting up at 7am on Sunday to support his home town even though he is 6,000 miles away.

" I wish Cardiff the very best of luck and hope they go on and complete the job now," he said.

"The Ninian Park leg was a tight match, but we all thought we could get the goals needed, especially beating them twice in the league.

"We simply could not break them down at Aston Gate, it was clear from the first 20 minutes that Cardiff were coming to lock us out and, to be fair, that's what they did."